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Major oil leak
I am a newbie to the world of bmw so I just brought a 2007 530i with 150k miles car drove fine and nice for a few days then while I was driving my steering wheel went real heavy and hard to turn so I pull over and pop the hood to see oil all over the left side of the engine bay the belt slip off with oil all over it any suggestions what could be leaking
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Power steering hose? Driver side or passenger side? Check power steering reservoir.
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Originally Posted by brow@garlic.com
(Post 1592895)
Power steering hose? Driver side or passenger side? Check power steering reservoir.
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Power steering
Originally Posted by Nate30504
(Post 1592896)
it’s all over the driver side especially on the alternator the passenger side have little to none on that side
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Originally Posted by brow@garlic.com
(Post 1592900)
Did you check the power steering reservoir? Heavy steering may mean broken power steering hose!
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oil filter housing gasket? check it. IT might be dripping all over your belts and creating slippage or worse
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Originally Posted by Razzy530
(Post 1592905)
oil filter housing gasket? check it. IT might be dripping all over your belts and creating slippage or worse
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That's a huge sudden leak
Listen to what others advice is Check your power steering fluid level If it's empty then you know it's a hose probably Jack the car up and put it in safety stands Take if the lover plastic and metal cover And you will find the problem |
I see a lot of oil residue build-up in the oil filter housing and green fluid (on air box). Your oil filter gasket and one of the coolant hoses could have been leaking for some time and got worse.
Clean up the mess with simple green cleaner (non bio-gradable to other plastic also) and start up the engine to look for obvious signs of leaks. Cover up the alternator, get it "correctly" cleaned before it gets damaged. Don't get the alternator wet!!!! |
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